[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56805-56806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28504]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Removing a Limit on Imports of Combed Cotton Yarn from Pakistan

November 8, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs removing a 
limit on imports of combed cotton yarn, produced or manufactured in 
Pakistan.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port, call (202) 927-5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs 
website at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and 
quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website 
at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.

    In a notice published on December 31, 1998, the Government of the 
United States announced that it had requested consultations with the 
Government of

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Pakistan on combed cotton yarn in Category 301, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan. (63 FR 72288) As no solution was agreed upon 
in consultations, the Government of the United States limited imports 
in this category for the twelve-month period beginning on March 17, 
1999 and extending through March 16, 2000 at a level of 5,262,665 
kilograms. (March 12, 1999 64 FR 12290) This limit was extended for a 
second year on March 14, 2000 (65 FR 14544) and for a third year on 
February 28, 2001 (66 FR 13307). Pakistan challenged this limit under 
the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement process and, on 
October 8, 2001, the WTO Appellate Body affirmed a dispute settlement 
panel decision that certain aspects of the U.S. determination to impose 
the limit were not consistent with the WTO Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing. In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs 
the Commissioner of Customs to remove the limit on combed cotton yarn 
in Category 301, produced or manufactured in Pakistan.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories 
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal 
Register notice 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 
65 FR 66972, published on November 8, 2000.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 8, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); and Executive Order 11651 
of March 30, 1972, as amended, CITA has decided that the limit on 
combed cotton yarn in Category 301 produced or manufactured in 
Pakistan should be removed. Therefore, you are directed, effective 
on November 9, 2001, to eliminate the limit for combed cotton yarn 
in Category 301, produced or manufactured in Pakistan.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-28504 Filed 11-08-01; 1:19 pm]
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